Queen Rania’s wedding gown – Royal Central

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To rejoice Princess Iman of Jordan’s engagement, our summer season sequence focuses on the royal weddings in Jordan. We first check out her mom, Queen Rania’s marriage ceremony robe.

Then Prince Abdullah married Rania Al-Yassin on 10 June 1993, which was declared a nationwide vacation.

The pair married at Zahran Palace, with royals from everywhere in the world flying in for the occasion.

For the nuptials, Rania wore a custom-made Bruce Oldfield marriage ceremony robe that featured gold floral elaborations and brief sleeves. The costume was distinctive in that it had a jacket that lined the highest of the robe and a big belt that held it in place.

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It has been mentioned that Oldfield drew inspiration from formal Syrian attire that have been on show on the Victoria and Albert Museum in London to design the royal marriage ceremony robe. The robe’s skirt had many folds and featured an extended practice. The longer term consort additionally wore white gloves together with her robe.

She wore her hair in a big bun updo with a scarf as an alternative of a tiara. The voluminous veil was hooked up to the scarf that matched her white and gold robe. She additionally wore pearl drop earrings that includes a smaller pearl on the lobe of the ear and a bigger pearl dangling whereas surrounded by diamonds.

Rania had a second robe for the reception and altered her hair right into a extra elaborate updo. The second robe, additionally designed by Oldfield, was sleeveless and featured a V-neck. Its design and embroidery matched the robe she wore earlier within the day for the marriage ceremony.

On the time of their marriage, Abdullah was not the Crown Prince of Jordan. As an alternative, it was his uncle, Hassan. Abdullah’s father, King Hussein didn’t title him as his inheritor till proper earlier than his demise in 1999. Abdullah grew to become King of Jordan on 7 February 1999 and named Rania as Queen on 22 March.